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Wild Scandinavia volume 2
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English
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In Norse mythology there are tales of a sacred tree at the center of the cosmos. Great forests are still at the heart of Scandinavia, stretching towards the Arctic and cut through with a maze of waterways. Across the seasons, this enchanted wilderness is home to lynx, bears, wolves and reindeer who survive through surprising and ancient alliances.
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Wild Scandinavia volume 3
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English
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Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by fire and ice, but it’s the sun that reigns supreme. Musk oxen, polar bears and arctic foxes endure the long polar night, but the sun’s return ignites a dramatic transformation and heralds the return of migrant visitors. Under the midnight sun, a sleepless rush of life and opportunity takes feverish hold, before the first signs of winter return.
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Wild Scandinavia volume 1
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English
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Wild and unpredictable, the Scandinavian coast is a place of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes; a 90,000 mile story from the Baltic Sea, through twisting fjords to the freezing Arctic Ocean. Stronghold of sea eagles and otters, orca and base jumpers, this coast’s natural riches have also sustained people for centuries. Only the tough and resourceful can carve out a Life on the Edge.
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Vikings volume 2
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English
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Scandinavia's landscape shaped its culture. Dense forestation led to small, close-knit communities, skill in woodworking, and to sailing as the primary means of long-distance transport. Long, harsh winters engendered skill in cold-weather travel, a unique
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Vikings volume 4
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English
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Scandinavia fed off of trade with the Celts (450 - 50 B.C.) importing improved cart, ship, and metalworking technology. Contact with Rome (c. 50 B.C. - A.D. 400) enriched the upper classes with fine silver, ceramics, and glass. More ominously, Scandinavia
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Great Courses volume 12
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English
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Follow the legend of Arthur into the literary traditions of medieval Iceland and Norway. Learn how Norwegian king Hákon Hákonarson commissioned adaptations of Arthurian works into Old Norse, and explore distinct differences in ethos, sensibility, and emphasis between the Continental and Scandinavian versions of the knightly saga.
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Great Courses volume 11
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English
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The Black Death reached Scandinavian countries at different times, by different routes. Follow the plague's arrival by ship in Norway, then its movement into Sweden and Denmark, and observe how Scandinavian social customs worsened its toll. Learn also about a unique form of folklore and mythos that arose in Scandinavia in response to the plague.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Nix may have been born in 1868 Honolulu, but the girl has traveled to Scandinavia, modern-day New York City, and other fantastical times and places aboard her father's time-traveling ship, 'The Temptation.' When her father finds the map he has long been seeking, he vows to keep Nix's mother from dying in childbirth this time. But saving Nix's mother could end Nix's life.
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